Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Ezio Auditore da Firenze (24 June 1459-30 November 1524) was a Florentine Italian member of the Assassins Order. During his life he was an opponent of the Borgia Family, who were Knights Templar members.

Biography
Ezio was born in the Republica Florentina on 24 June 1459, as the second son of Giovanni and Maria Auditore. He appeared to be stillborn, but, after some words of encouragement from his father, he began to cry, leading his father to call him a "fighter". Up until the age of 17, Ezio lived a life of luxury amidst the members of the Florentine noble class; he was apprenticed to the renowned banker Giovanni Tornabuoni, who worked alongside Giovanni Auditore's banking business, but was all the while unaware of his father's allegiance to the Assassin Order.

In 1476, along with a gang of thugs, he attacked Vieri de Pazzi and his gang, trying to settle a dispute between their two noble families. Vieri threw a stone at Ezio, scarring his face, so Ezio and his gang (aided by his brother Federico) beat down Vieri's boys. He looted 200 florins so that he could go to the doctor and tend to his facial wound. That night, he visited the beautiful Cristina Vespucci, and had sexual intercourse. He returned home to the Palazzo Auditore, were he saw his father, who at first admonished him but then said that he reminded him of himself and laughed. He was sent to deliver a letter to Lorenzo de Medici, and en route got in a fight with some Pazzi thugs, but beat them up and ran to the De Medici home. He gave the letter to the butler, and he returned to his father.

When he returned home, he saw Gonfaloniere (Alderman) Uberto Alberti speaking with his father. He told his father that Lorenzo was out of town, and that he gave it to the man at the door. After speaking with his father, he saw his sister Claudia in a sad mood, and he decided to help her: she was told that her boyfriend Duccio de Luca was unfaithful, so Ezio decided to punish him. He saw Duccio giving a ring to her, and heard him say that his father said that he could do better than an Auditore. He beat Duccio into yielding and staying away from his sister.

When he returned, he met Petruccio Auditore da Firenze, his younger brother, who said that he wanted some feathers.